<p>Am I considered a legacy at Stanford if my cousin got his M.S. from Stanford?</p>
<p>I was always under the impression that legacy is parent / grandparent</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what I thought too; maybe I’m a ‘half-legacy’?</p>
<p>Eh. I think it’s all-Legacy or none at all. I wish it extended.</p>
<p>Legacy is parent/grandparent - almost strictly.
Unless your cousin has already started to contribute as an alumni ($$$$$$) - I doubt they’ll count that.</p>
<p>Legacy is immediate family ONLY, not grandparents. Siblings tho.</p>
<p>^Grandparents are often considered legacy as well. Cousins are not.</p>
<p>does legacy have a big pull if your father went to grad school at stanford?</p>
<p>@ thegreentea68 </p>
<p>As far as I know, legacy doesn’t count much at all unless your family regularly contributes money and support the school/is famous/has had a long line of people going to there. </p>
<p>So, honestly, I don’t think so.</p>
<p>According to Stanford’s Common Data Set, alumni relations are only considered so it would be a bump.</p>
<p>I was told that you are only a legacy if your parent attended the university.</p>
<p>Admissions says it’s ONLY parents who were undergraduates, not grad students, or grandparents or even siblings.</p>